Re: [Phys-L] Two quotes for students

[Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>]

You can also tell them that several years later, in the letter to President Roosevelt, Einstein anticipated consequences of an atomic bomb explosion and suggested that research in that area should be accelerated. This was one month before WWII started in Europe

http://www.dannen.com/ae-fdr.html

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On Feb 21, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Donald Polvani wrote:

> Thank, Ludwig.  I will start off my class Monday with your two quotes on a
> PowerPoint slide titled "Famous Last Words"!
>
> Don
>
> Dr. Donald G. Polvani
> Adjunct Lecturer, Physics
> Anne Arundel Community College
> Arnold, MD 21012
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phys-l [mailto:phys-l-bounces@phys-l.org] On Behalf Of Ludwik Kowalski
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 11:17 AM
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> Subject: [Phys-L] Two quotes for students
>
> In a message received today, someone sent me two well known quotes. The
> point was that even famous scientists make wrong predictions, sometimes.
> Some students will be happy to learn this.
>
> Ludwik Kowalski
> http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/life/intro.html
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> "The energy produced by the atom is a very poor kind of thing.  
> Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation  of these atoms
> is talking moonshine"  
>   - Ernst Rutherford, 1933
>
>
>   "There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be
> obtainable.  It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at
> will." 
>  -  Albert Einstein, 1932
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